Smart Ideas and Lots of Work
Although podcasting is a great way to enhance language learning while teaching technology skills, it demands a lot of work.
Summarize a unit or develop a theme
First, a Teacher-librarian has to plan either by himself or in collaboration with a teacher, a unit where the students will develop enough material to be able to make a RADIO SHOW (that what a podcast is). Therefore, a podcast will serve as a piece of artifact, a final project that will summarize the content of a given unit.
Material needed
Good podcast will demand some good material BUT smartphones will do just fine in quiet spaces. Ideally, a cord less microphone, a digital console and a digital space are required but not all necessary.
Watch this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2C6FxZuvYU
Of course, if your school can provides a mini studio, at least a small room, for lower than a $100 you can set a small recording studio.
Equipment" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u3K0GyrXP4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWwWtVEYlbA
Hosts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fbdB-pmWFA
Program like Audacity does marvel to edit any podcast and is a free open source program (works on donation).
How to Effectively Use Podcasts With Your Students
One the primary role of a school-librarian is to teach literacy. Following that direction, find here some ideas (when you are set up) about how to use the podcasts linked to literacy:
1. With novel reading/study:
a. interview the main character(s)
b. interview the stage crew
c. talk about the guest(s) favorite parts of the book
d. Interview the author or a fake author
e. Have a round table discussion about any dimension of the book (could be lightly prepared)
2. Sciences:
a. Discuss the different form of matter
b. Present the new "personal discoveries"
3. Social, phys-ed.... I think you got the idea: podcasting is a RADIO-SHOW !!!
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